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The Twilight film and a happy thing
Apr. 16th, 2009 09:28 pmA friend of mine at work, who I lent Twilight the book to, and got her hooked on them, lent me her copy of the DVD and I managed to watch it this afternoon. All in all I enjoyed it. I do wonder how much of it would have made sense if I hadn't already known what was going on. The adaptation was a bit odd - in places it was lingering almost to the point of slow and yet other, actiony bits seemed really rushed and not given the emphasis and time they deserved ( spoiler ).
Robert Pattinson was really excellent. I thought he really got into the skin of Edward. I'd like to know how his accent sounded to Americans because it seemed really good to me - but what do I know? I didn't like Kristen Stewart as Bella nearly so much. She looked right but she just kind of kept twitching and shrugging all the time - very off-putting. It took me a while to realise why she seemed so familiar and it is because she looks so like Sigourney Weaver. Are they related, I wonder? The rest of the Cullens (especially Rose) looked very like I'd imagined them, except Carlisle who reminded me of a character in one of the Star Treks. Jacob was younger than I'd pictured - but then he's supposed to be in book 1. How will they deal with him growing ( spoiler )? I have a vague memory of reading someone on lj being very disparaging about the vampires make-up but I thought it worked well.
And Hip Hip Hooray! I got my first review for Indian Summer on FictionAlley.
Robert Pattinson was really excellent. I thought he really got into the skin of Edward. I'd like to know how his accent sounded to Americans because it seemed really good to me - but what do I know? I didn't like Kristen Stewart as Bella nearly so much. She looked right but she just kind of kept twitching and shrugging all the time - very off-putting. It took me a while to realise why she seemed so familiar and it is because she looks so like Sigourney Weaver. Are they related, I wonder? The rest of the Cullens (especially Rose) looked very like I'd imagined them, except Carlisle who reminded me of a character in one of the Star Treks. Jacob was younger than I'd pictured - but then he's supposed to be in book 1. How will they deal with him growing ( spoiler )? I have a vague memory of reading someone on lj being very disparaging about the vampires make-up but I thought it worked well.
And Hip Hip Hooray! I got my first review for Indian Summer on FictionAlley.
